Title: Changing Default User Profile Location
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Changing Default User Profile Location

 *  [infuser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infuser/)
 * (@infuser)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-default-user-profile-location/)
 * In a nut-shell: I’m using WP User Control for login/logout and registration. 
   When new users sign in, as Contributors, they can see two options Logout and 
   Profile. The issue here is that Profile leads to wp-admin/profile.php (where 
   users can see the Dashboard). How can I change the default Profile location to
   perhaps a custom page; can I redirect users somehow?
    So far I have looked at
   numerous plugins: Adminimize, Peter’s Login Redirect, WP Hide Dashboard, User
   Meta; none of these seemed to change anything. Can I change something in /wp-
   admin/ folder to fix this? I just started using WordPress and my PHP proficiency
   is zero, but I can follow the instructions no problem 🙂 Thank you!

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 *  [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-default-user-profile-location/#post-3020427)
 * Hi, try the following
 * [codepress-admin-columns](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/codepress-admin-columns/)
 * [wordpress-tweaks](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-tweaks/)
 *  Thread Starter [infuser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infuser/)
 * (@infuser)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-default-user-profile-location/#post-3020456)
 * mbrsolution, I really appreciate your suggestion, but most plugins either block
   the Dashboard completely or add field to profile located in the Admin area. I
   used a custom template that did just that: instead of Dashboard, when clicking
   on Profile link, user was redirected to a page where Post Archives (for that 
   particular user) were displayed. Unfortunately, that template did not have the
   flexibility I need. I hope this makes sense.
 *  [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-default-user-profile-location/#post-3020480)
 * So you don’t want the user to have access to his profile or you want the user
   to have access to their profile but no dashboard?
 *  Thread Starter [infuser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infuser/)
 * (@infuser)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-default-user-profile-location/#post-3020496)
 * 1) Yes, I want users to have access to their profile, but not the Dashboard.
   
   2) I wonder if I should just stick with front-end posting while using CAPTCHA;
   though there might be a problem with security.
 *  [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-default-user-profile-location/#post-3020512)
 * I was under the impression that the links I provided above one of the plugins
   allowed you to give access to the profile and remove the dashboard to the user?

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 * Last reply from: [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-default-user-profile-location/#post-3020512)
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